mik34

I call BS. They'd never price it that close to the S5. The price certainly won't be what everyone here thinks is a steal. $80K min.

Eric - The Red S4

Take a look around everyone. I would think if Audi is publicly posting that it is NOT coming to the US, then it's probably not coming. This market is not good enough for the RS cars anymore. There decision, not ours. I guess we'll all have to start driving Mercedes and BMWs to get the big power.

http://www.audiusanews.com/newsrelease.do?id=1690

kkapoor

I disagree, Audi has no M3 or C63 competitor in the North American market. I think they should have at least one competitive product.

Eric - The Red S4

Of course they "should" and the RS4 is the competitor. But Audi, by not bringing the new RS models to the U.S., has made their decision not to compete here. I guess their goal is volume rather than smaller volume performance models. Not quite big enough to do both perhaps.

IAS5

read it again--as well as other articles. They state that there are currently no plans for the US market--- they did not say that it is not coming.

meaning- they have not confirmed that is is not coming; rather, they just haven't committed either way yet.

Typical marketing move- they are leaving the door cracked open.

sesame60

+1

Anthony4579

Also, if you convert the 77,700 Euro price to U.S. Dollars it would be $105K. Even with a discount for the U.S. market it is hard to believe the price would be below $80k. $80k would still be tempting because wheels and basic mods (exhaust, suspension, sway bar, spacers) easily adds $8k plus to the price of an S5.

BlueSander

Based on the normally price EU vs US, if the RS5 ever touch US soil, I would say at least 78k for base model. So nav + drive select + premium sound .... would set it reasonably at 85k minimum.

Anyways, it's not going to be in US. The market for S5 is already small enough to Audi (at least for now).

AofC_RR

Audi said the same thing about the RS6 V10 and look where that got us. Yeah no RS6 for us.
The tale of the tape will come in a few months when the new order guide hits in May. We'll know our fate just before the order guide hits.

Seriously is Islandgirl a troll? I've been away from Audiworld, sorry but the way this forum is or was heading...I migrated elsewhere. I just want to talk about the cars!

Omeletpants

Question: is anyone uncomfortable buying a $71k car that shares the same platform, interior and similar exterior of a $39k version? Kinda like buying the most expensive house on the block.